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An unprecedented 6
to 7 million additional people have been approved for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the effects of Covid-19
began in the U.S. The Families
First Coronavirus Response Act gave the USDA authority to ease state
requirements for compliance, and for “Pandemic EBT” — extra food benefits
(by electronic transfer) for any child who would normally get free or
reduced-price meals at school. Has the effort been timely and adequate?
What hurdles remain?
The
Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) will host a
free webinar at 12
p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31 to discuss SNAP and food
assistance during Covid-19. C-FARE board member Sean
Cash, the Bergstrom Foundation Professor at the Friedman
School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts
University, will moderate the 45-minute discussion. He will be joined
by three expert panelists.
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George
Davis is a professor at Virginia
Tech who studies food demand and health outcomes with a focus on understanding
the interaction of nutrition policies and time allocation in affecting
nutrient intake and diet quality. He teaches in the Department
of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the Department
of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise.
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Shewana
Hairston McSwain provides leadership in programming for limited-income
audiences as the Expanded
Food and Nutrition Outreach Coordinator at North
Carolina A&T State University. She has led efforts to empower
families striving to improve their standard of living for more than 13
years.
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Parke
Wilde is a professor at the Friedman School at Tufts University where
he focuses on U.S. food and nutrition policy, and federal food assistance.
He authored the textbook Food
Policy in the United States: An Introduction (Routledge, 2nd Ed, 2018),
and writes at U.S.
Food Policy.
The
webinar will conclude with questions from attendees. Those who register but
cannot attend a C-FARE webinar can view a recording of it later at the
council’s YouTube
channel.
This free program is made
possible with the support of the
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Economic
Research Service and
National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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